David Wishnie wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would like to know whether .fdb files are CPU endianess independant.

No, they're nto.

>
> I.e. can I safely copy .fdb file from 32Bit Windows to 32bit linux (both
> running on x86)?

Yes you can, assuming you shut down the server first. Copies of a
live database are very likely to be corrupt.

>
> Can I copy from MacOSX (for x86) to 32bit linux?

Untested (by me) but will probably word as the alignment and endianness
are the same.

>
> Can I copy from MacOSX (for PPC) to 32bit linux (x86)?

No.

>
> All such copying can be done for mysql and sqlite databases (but not for
> postgresql). What about Firebird?

Right. We trade efficiency on the native platform of a database for
the ability to copy it elsewhere.

Regards,


Ann